Christmas!

We had an uneventful Christmas this year. But it didn’t make it any less special Josh was sick.. he’s been sick since the weekend and he had Christmas eve off from work so it gave him some time to rest

All our Christmas cookies from the beginning of the month have diminished to almost none, so on Christmas eve we baked “melt in your mouth butter cookies”, which were excellent! (if you like butter cookies.. and i don’t). On Christmas I made my challenging Chocolate Ganache Tart.. it took 4 hours but turned out delicious!

We opened up gifts Christmas morning after church…

I gave Josh a new Fox Riding Co. hooded zip up sweatshirt (his old one is beat!):

Dupe helped open gifts:

I gave Josh a Fox Riding Co. long sleeve shirt:

Josh gave me an ipod car charging kit (battery only dies when it’s in the car):

Josh gave me a jewerly box organizer that fits in the drawer of our dresser upstairs.. oh was it a disaster area, until this came along!… Although I look disgusted (I was midsentence), I love it

I gave Josh a Japanese luxury air freshner (Air Spencer), the only thing that will fight dog smell in a car/truck

As a sort of silly gift, I bought Josh an at home cholesterol test. He won’t go to the doctor, so I’ve brought the doctor to him!

Josh got me equally silly gift, a foot warmer! Because I always complain my feet are cold!!

One more doctor gift… a little theme.. blood pressure checker… to prove stress increases blood pressure!

Josh is the bestest boyfriend ever, he hid stuff in my stocking! A super duper sweet homemade Christmas card and a $100 Visa gift card.. which is a bit of an inside joke..

Who wraps a gift card? Josh does

I gave Josh a creeper for under the car/mechanical work and it transforms into a stool on wheels

Lori Beth sent treats for the doggies! Mandy was very interested…

Josh’s sister gave us ornaments, Peanuts for me:

and A Christmas Story for Josh:

I’ll put all these photos and more in the Photo Gallery later…